Followed by cocktails in the sun at Parc.
[summer's best]
[a great pour]
The following weekend, my littlest sister was visiting me from South Carolina. On Friday we went down to my in-law's shore house on LBI and we were met with cocktail hour and homemade shrimp and grits - yum!
The weekend was filled with relaxing on the beach, great eats, and fun family time.
One of the best things we ate all weekend was "corn mush" - a moister version of corn bread:
Mix the following ingredients and bake at 350 for 45 to 60 minutes (the longer you cook the more breaded it gets):
box of Jiffy corn mix
stick of melted butter
can of cream corn
can of regular corn rinsed and drained
8oz sour cream
The weekend after Memorial Day, I was headed down to Miami for my sister-in-law-to-be's bachelorette party. Because I took Friday off for the trip down, we were able to celebrate a friend's birthday on Thursday night at Morgan's Pier. Previously Octo, this waterfront deck bar has recently been given a face lift with fantastic results. All of the menu items - including watermelon and feta salad, fish tacos, a burger, and corn and crab fritters - are under $10, and Morgan's has a great view of the Ben Franklin Bridge flanked by 2 bars, a craft beer bar on one side and a full ball on the opposite side. They also have great music and a hot dog vendor and an ice cream vendor camped out on the deck.
[Happy Birthday!!]
The following morning I headed down to Miami. The forecast was rainy, but, luckily Mother Earth didn't get the memo:
The first night we did a bar hop around Miami starting at Zeke's Roadhouse.
Since they only served beer and mini-bottles of not great wine, we only stayed for one drink. Our second stop was at Kill Your Idol. In addition to a more varied bar selection, they had fantastic margherita pizza - buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes, fresh basil and a balsamic drizzle.
Before leaving Kill Your Idol we played a little "how well does the bride know the groom" trivia - she did pretty well :)
After Kill Your Idol we hit up Club Deuce. It was a complete hole and after a shot and a quick song on the jukebox we were out of there.
Our next stop was T-Mex for beers and Mexican food. I highly recommend the bean "queso loco" taco (been taco in a hard shell wrapped in cheese and a soft taco). It was just what the doctor ordered.
Our final stop on the bar hop tour was Mango's.
It was perfectly cheesy and ripe with bachelor/bachelorette parties. After a bit of dancing some of our party decided to head home to bed. Those that remained went to Fontainebleu and ended up getting ourselves escorted into the VIP section of Club LIV to catch the end of LL Cool J's concert.
[me and the bride to be]
[LL]
After an amazing beginning the weekend just continued to get better. Again Saturday's weather defied the rainy forecast...
We spent the entire day by the pool and then showered and headed to dinner at Asia de Cuba. The atmosphere was great, very Stephen Starr-esque with white and black mod decor, and the food was wonderful (the only low point of the meal was the service - plan to wait for-ev-er for everything).
[at dinner]
[me and the bride-to-be after dinner]
[roomies for the weekend]
After dinner we enjoyed drinks/dancing at Lush.
[gals]
[dancing to party rock anthem]
For our final stop of the weekend we stopped at the "hot new" club Bamboo. We found the atmosphere lack-luster - there really isn't any dance space, mostly just tables for bottle service - but we had a great time nonetheless.
[end of the night]
Being invited to eight weddings in 2012, it was no surprise that J5's bachelorette weekend was followed by MMA's bridal shower weekend in Philly. A bunch of my college girlfriends came into town for the festivities so Friday night B and I took them to our new favorite bar, Morgan's Pier.
[pi phis <3]
The following morning the bridesmaids hosted MMA's shower at Positano Coast. I would highly recommend it for anyone who has a shower or other 25-30 people event to host. The food was great, their banquet rooms are beautiful, it was quite affordable, and, best of all, the bride had a fantastic time!
[the favors and photos of the couple and their parents and grandparents]
[the flowers courtesy of Old City Flowers]
[the bride and one of the most impressive bow-bouquets I have ever seen]
[most of the group]
To finish off the weekend a bunch of us went to Los Caballitos for dinner. Gorging ourselves on delicious Mexican food was the perfect cap to a great weekend.
[beef nachos and veggie quesadilla - yummm]
I can't wait to see what the rest of the summer holds!
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